Elastic armband.



C. WEAVER.

ELASTIC ARMBAND. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, 1913.

' Patented Feb. 15,1916.

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I To all whom it may concern:

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CARTTER WEAVER, 0F P I TTSBURG H, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO WEAVER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A

CORPORATION OF DEJQAVJARE.

' Beams ARMBAND.

Be it known-that I, GARNER VVEA.VER,- 'a

resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of 'Pennsylvania,'have invented a new and' useful Improvement in Elastic Armbands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to elastic bands or Supports and particularly to such as are used for sleeve bands, garters, hose support-Q ers, bracelets andthe like, or for gathering the bottoms of pants, sleeves etc;

The object of the invention'i s to p rovide' a simple and durable band, which is very .fleiible and elastic in all directions, which has simple fastening or. looking meansand maybe easily and quickly adjusted todifferent sizes, and which can be manufactured at low cost.

The .invention'comprises the construction arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

; In the drawings F igure lirepresents an elevation of o e form of band; Fig. 2 i841.

cross section thereof on the line 2+2, Fig. I 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; 1 Fig. 3 .iS-a'de'tai-l sectionalelevationat one end of the jointsyF-ig. 4 is a. detail side =ele-' V vation' at one of the oints, and shaming the same nnfastened; Fi 5 ;is a similar view' illustrating how the oint is fastened; F 6 is a view similarto F ig. 1, on 19. reduced scale, and showing ,a-rnodification,- Fig 7- f is a cross sectional viewj on the line 7- 7,

Fig. 6; Fig. ;8 is a"de tail*[sectional- .view

illustrating}: modification, .and' Fig. 9 a I fbroken out elevation showing the inventio n is formed of aplurality of outer members 11 and inner members-2,:fso arrang ed' as to Each-member 1, 2

telescope or slide into each othe'r. S aid members-may be 'fiator oval in cross section,

as shown in Fig'. "'{fso as .to lie-flat on the limb, butlpreferably 'a're'round in cross section, .as' shown Fig. 2. Any even. number i of members maybe used, for example, fo'ur,

referred, as

shown in Fig. 1, as the numer of joints iathereby reduce V is a hollow structure of strong spring wire, suchIassteel piano into, helical piral Specification 6! Letters Patent.

therebetween. .The two members form, with successive turns of the wire practically abutting or contacting with each Patented Feb. 15,1916. i gpplicatfon filedOctober 9,1913. saiauvoasaaeo.

other when the band is relaxed, as shown at I 3.,"Fig. 1. 1

The outer members 1 have a slightly greater internal-diameter than the external diameter of the inner members 2, so the'latter will readily slide or telescope into or.

out ofthe outer or larger'members,

sume. 'Furthermore,the wires of the [neme n etive of any curved form the; bandmay as .65

bers 1 and 2 are preferably coiled in 'op io-i site directions around the axis.,o f the heixf' so that 'where portions of the'members-teie scope each other the wires of the two hers heat a greater'angle to each othe more readily slidev past eacliother.

anyv suitablelength; but preferably all-' are rand- In'i -the particular formshown inFigz l member 1195- IS a right hand spiral whilefmember 2 av left hand spiral, although the reverse; ar-' rangement may be usedfi'. v

of about the same length,. and zi'n' theiformigr shown in Fig. l membeinl' is'a. little Sho e than the circumference ofthe'.sma l1es't- 'size of the band.

-.At each open end' o fi thei' outer 1, the end portion of the wire i s bent out of the symmetrical. contour of-"the spiral and into a plane extendinglongitudinally of the spiral, and alittle to .one side of the. axis thereof, thereby forming a hook-{0r catch 4 whose" end is. passed between l adjacent turns of the wire Oi'the. innerjmember-f 2 as shown in Fig. 3, to'lockflor fastenthe telescoping-members 'toge'therfQiThe ll [d with the'fingers and lifting imam-Omaha.

inner'member-2 intoa positiona'tonesidethereof, as shown in Fig. 43. This 'frees'tlie two -'members fromeach other {and the smaller member may be moved into or-zout of the larger member ntil theiband ispf the proper size. The coils of the-large ber'are then gripped or pinched withizthe fingers of one handn'ear said hook w th-i enough force to prevent. theinner member from sliding therein, while with the other Fig. 5, thereby separating its coiiz-J. and'nllowing the-free end offthe hooi adjusted in this manner at each and every 301813, that 1s, at four different points when four members are used, as in Fig. 6, and at two points when two members are used, as in Fig. l. 1

li' desired, each opposite end portion of the smaller inner member may be provided with a knob or head, shown in Fig. 3 as a small rivet *ith a short shank, and in Fig. 8 as a ball This head is soldered, welded or otherwise secured to the end coils of the inner member and has its outer diameter substantially the same as the outer diameter of the inner member. The round head enables the inner coil to be inserted into or adjusted in the outer member with greater freedom and prevents the coils from catching on each other.

The wire structures, of both sizes, may be made invery long pieces and then cut into sections of the proper length, enabling them to be cheaply manufactured in large quantities. After the sections are cut to length, the end portions of the larger spiral are bent to form the hooks 4 and the ends of the small spiral are then telescoped into the large spiral, and the books 4 engaged therein. The band is readily adjusted and is of very simple construction, and is therefore durable and not liable to get out of order. t may be used as'a sleeve, band or garter, and if desired, may have secured thereto a suitable clasp to enable it to be used as a hose supporter. It may also be plated with gold, silver or the like and used as a bracelet or ornament.

The device may also be used as an elastic for wearing apparel, such as for coat collars, sleeves, pant legs, etc. In Fig. 9, 10 indicates the lower portion of a pants leg. The edge of the material is folded or turned back on itself, and stitched, as at 11, to form a hem 1.2, in which the elastic band before described is placed. The band is easily inserted, and by leaving an opening 13 into the hem it may be easily adjusted to vary the tension. 7

What I claim is:

1. An elastic band for personal wear, comprising a plurality oi hollow wire members of different diameters, eachssmaller comprising two elastic members, the oppo-- site ends of one of said members telescoping into the opposite ends of the other members, and means at the ends of the outer of said members for detachably securing the inner member thereto.

3. An elastic band for personal Wear, comprising outer and inner wire members, the inner member being telescoped into the outer member, the end portion of the wire of the outer member being bent to form a hook and adapted to be passed between any two successive turns of the Wire of the inner member.

4. An elastic band for personal wear, comprising a hollow wire structure having two end portions of different sizes, one telescoping into the other, the free end of the wire at one end of the larger portion being bent to form a hook and adapted to be passed from the outside between any two successive turns of the wire of the smaller portion of the structure to adjustably secure together the ends of the wire structure.

5. An elastic band for personal wear, comprising a plurality of wire coils of diflerent sizes telescoped into each other, and means for detachably securing said coils to each other, said coils being'wound in opposite directions whereby they will slide easily past each other.

6. An elastic band for personal wear, comprising an outer coil, an inner coil telescoping thereinto, and means for securing said coils in adjusted position, the inner coil being provided with a head for preventing the coils from catching in each other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CARTTER WEAVER.

Witnesses:

ELBERT L. HYDE, WILLIAM B. WnAR'roN. 

